1. Introduction FREE CHAPTER

• Curriculum Overview
• How to Program

2. Generic Programming

• Computers and Data
• Programming Language
• Terminal
• Navigation
• Terminal Exercise
• File Operations
• Internet
• Community

3. Programming with Python

• Python Setup
• Python Basics
• Python Datatypes
• Console IO
• if Statements
• def-Keyword

4. The Container - Variables

• The Global Object and Built-in Functions

5. Strings

• The str Data Type
• String Operations
• String Methods

6. Numbers

• Numerical Datatypes
• Numerical Operations

7. Booleans

• True or False Values

8. Lists

• List
• List Operations

9. Tuples

• Immutable list - Tuple

10. Sets

• Unordered Lists - set
• Set Operations

11. Dictionary

• The dict Data Type
• Dictionary Operations

12. Decision Control

• elif Statements
• Comparison Operators
• Joining Conditions Using AND Keyword
• Joining Conditions Using OR Keyword
• Conditional Operators
• Ternary Operators

13. Match Case Statements

• Using Python Match Case Statements and Match Default Case

14. While Loops

• while Statements
• fire() rounds Argument
• The BREAK Keyword
• The CONTINUE Keyword

15. For Loops

• Iterating over Sequence Data Types

16. Functions

• Upgrading Our print()
• Optional Arguments or Parameters
• Keyword Arguments
• Arbitrary Positional Arguments - *args
• print()'s Arguments
• log(padding) Argument
• Arbitrary Keyword Arguments
• The RETURN Keyword
• Lambda Functions

17. Classes

• Classes and Objects
• Object Attributes
• Methods or Object Functions

18. Classes

• Classes and Objects
• Object Attributes

19. Error Handling

• Handling Errors with try and except Statements
• Custom Error Classes

20. Modules and Packages

• Reusing Code with Modules
• Organizing Modules into Packages

21. Project: Prankster

• Prankster Program
• Rigging-up The Prankster

22. VS Code

• VS Code Settings and Themes

23. Revisiting Strings

• Use of Slashes in Strings
• Percent String Substitution
• string.format() Method
• Formatted Strings or f String
• String Format Specifiers
• Text Alignment Format Specifier

24. Arrays

• Empty and One-Element Arrays
• Slicing with Steps
• .sort(key) - Sorting Arrays of Class Objects
• The Array Data Type
• Stack Data Structure
• Queue Data Structure
• Collections Module

25. Revisiting Dictionary

• Dictionaries or Hash-Tables
• MappingProxyType
• SimpleNamespace
• namedtuple Class
• .items() Method

26. Iterators and Generators

• List Comprehension
• if Statements in List Comprehension
• Set and Dictionary Comprehensions
• Generators
• Chaining Generators
• enumerate() Function
• zip() Function
• zip_longest() Function
• all() Function
• any() function

27. Iterators and Generators

• Itertools Module
• Cycle ()
• repeat ()
• Combinations ()
• Permutations ()
• product()
• combinations_with_replacement()
• Chain()
• islice()
• compress()
• filter()
• filterfalse()
• accumulate()
• groupby()

28. High-Level Ops

• is Operator
• Shallow and Deep Copies
• Tuple Unpacking
• Dictionary Unpacking
• Tuple Packing
• Arguments Unpacking
• Packing or Unpacking
• Walrus := Operator
• Pipe | Operator
• Variable Scope
• Python REPL

29. Structural Pattern Matching

• Pipe Operator in Case Statements
• Pattern Matching
• Pipe Operator in Patterns
• if Statements in Case Statements
• Packing Operator in Case Statements
• Match Dictionary
• Match Object

30. Functional Programming

• Function Attributes
• Recursive Functions
• Decorator Function
• Creating Decorator Functions
• functools.partial()
• @wraps Decorator

31. Modules

• Module Attributes
• __main__ module
• pip - Package Installer for Python
• venv - Virtual Environments

32. Modules

• Hinting Datatypes
• Type Hint Function Arguments and Return Type

33. Object-Oriented Programming

• object()
• Naming Conventions
• Class Variables and Instance Variables
• __new__() Method
• Singleton
• Operator Overloading
• Iterable Classes
• Casting Type
• Class __repr__
• getattr() and setattr()
• getattr() Use Case
• __getitem__() and __setitem__()
• @property decorator
• Property Setter and Deleter
• Class __slots__
• @dataclass Decorator
• Python Enums
• Sentinels
• @classmethod Decorator
• @staticmethod Decorator

34. Metaclass

• Type of a Class
• Creating Class with type()
• Metaclass
• ABCMeta

35. File IO

• open() File
• Reading File
• Writing File

36. Data Preservation

• State of Data
• JSON Data
• JSON as a String

37. Debugging

• Bare Except Statements
• Custom Exception ExitPhonebook()
• assert Statements
• logging Module

38. Threading and Multiprocessing

• What Is Threading and Multiprocessing?
• Threading Module
• Thread with Arguments
• ThreadPoolExecutor
• Multiprocessing
• ProcessPoolExecutor

39. Tkinter

• tkinter Module
• Label and Button Widgets
• Grid Layout
• Entry Widget
• .grid(columnspan) Argument
• OptionMenu Widget
• ttk - Themed Widgets

40. Project Sedentary Alert

• Introduction
• Project Setup
• Interface: Root Window
• Interface: Checkbutton
• Interface: Dropdown
• Loading JSON Data
• Updating JSON Data
• Notification (For Windows)
• Notification (For Mac)
• Sending Alerts
• Threading
• Application Executable